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Education and Skills in Your Area - Government Office Region: East of England
England > East of England Region
GCSE and equivalent results
- GCSE and equivalent results, percentage of pupils gaining
- National Indicator 78: Reduction in the number of schools where fewer than 30% of pupils achieve 5 or more A* - C grades at GCSE and equivalent including GCSEs in English and Maths
- National Indicator 84: Percentage of pupils achieving of 2 or more A* - C grades in Science GCSEs or equivalent
- National Indicator 97: Percentage of pupils making 2 levels of progress in English between Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4
- National Indicator 98: Percentage of pupils progressing by 2 levels in Maths between Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4
GCSE and equivalent results, percentage of pupils gaining 
| achieving 5+ A*-C | achieving 5+ A*-G | any passes | |||||||
| 1997 | 2007 | % points difference | 1997 | 2007 | % points difference | 1997 | 2007 | % points difference | |
| Babergh District | 52.2 | 61.4(r) | 9.2 | 92.2 | 93.1(r) | 0.9 | 95.5 | 96.6(r) | 1.1 |
| Basildon District | 33 | 58.2(r) | 25.2 | 86 | 90.6(r) | 4.6 | 92.7 | 96.4(r) | 3.7 |
| Bedford District | 42.2 | 57.6(r) | 15.4 | 88.3 | 91.6(r) | 3.3 | 93.6 | 97.9(r) | 4.3 |
| Braintree District | 44.8 | 52.7(r) | 7.9 | 91.9 | 91.8(r) | -0.1 | 95.7 | 97.6(r) | 1.9 |
| Breckland District | 43.6 | 54.2(r) | 10.6 | 89 | 92.2(r) | 3.2 | 94.9 | 98(r) | 3.1 |
| Brentwood District | 62.5 | 66.4(r) | 3.9 | 95.8 | 95(r) | -0.8 | 97.5 | 99.3(r) | 1.8 |
| Broadland District | 43.5 | 60.9(r) | 17.4 | 91.3 | 94(r) | 2.7 | 96.3 | 97.8(r) | 1.5 |
| Broxbourne District | 41 | 62(r) | 21.0 | 88.3 | 94.3(r) | 6.0 | 93.5 | 99.1(r) | 5.6 |
| Cambridge District | 47.1 | 57.1(r) | 10.0 | 87.7 | 92.2(r) | 4.5 | 94 | 98.4(r) | 4.4 |
| Castle Point District | 41.9 | 58.1(r) | 16.2 | 90.5 | 93.5(r) | 3.0 | 96.4 | 98.6(r) | 2.2 |
| Chelmsford District | 58.8 | 67.6(r) | 8.8 | 93.1 | 92(r) | -1.1 | 95.5 | 97(r) | 1.5 |
| Colchester District | 51.2 | 61.1(r) | 9.9 | 91.9 | 93(r) | 1.1 | 94.5 | 97.6(r) | 3.1 |
| Dacorum District | 44 | 61(r) | 17.0 | 87.1 | 93.4(r) | 6.3 | 91.8 | 97.9(r) | 6.1 |
| East Cambridgeshire District | 48.6 | 60.4(r) | 11.8 | 88.4 | 94.4(r) | 6.0 | 93.6 | 97.7(r) | 4.1 |
| East Hertfordshire District | 59 | 75.4(r) | 16.4 | 92.6 | 95.3(r) | 2.7 | 94.7 | 99.3(r) | 4.6 |
| Epping Forest District | 41 | 54.6(r) | 13.6 | 88.1 | 92.5(r) | 4.4 | 94.4 | 97.2(r) | 2.8 |
| Fenland District | 35 | 47.7(r) | 12.7 | 85.8 | 90.7(r) | 4.9 | 90.8 | 97.5(r) | 6.7 |
| Forest Heath District | 44.3 | 61(r) | 16.7 | 91 | 95(r) | 4.0 | 94.8 | 99.5(r) | 4.7 |
| Great Yarmouth District | 44.8 | 56.6(r) | 11.8 | 88.7 | 90(r) | 1.3 | 95.1 | 96.4(r) | 1.3 |
| Harlow District | 29 | 62.6(r) | 33.6 | 85.3 | 90.5(r) | 5.2 | 91.3 | 98.3(r) | 7.0 |
| Hertsmere District | 43.2 | 68.4(r) | 25.2 | 90.6 | 92.8(r) | 2.2 | 94.6 | 97.9(r) | 3.3 |
| Huntingdonshire District | 46.7 | 60.7(r) | 14.0 | 93.5 | 93.4(r) | -0.1 | 96.4 | 98.9(r) | 2.5 |
| Ipswich District | 42 | 55.5(r) | 13.5 | 88.3 | 90.9(r) | 2.6 | 94 | 98(r) | 4.0 |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk District | 38.4 | 51.6(r) | 13.2 | 85.9 | 91.4(r) | 5.5 | 91.2 | 97.7(r) | 6.5 |
| Luton District | 34.3 | 55.4(r) | 21.1 | 89.9 | 90.5(r) | 0.6 | 95.7 | 97.6(r) | 1.9 |
| Maldon District | 40.9 | 57.6(r) | 16.7 | 83.1 | 89.3(r) | 6.2 | 95.1 | 97.6(r) | 2.5 |
| Mid Bedfordshire District | 44.1 | 63(r) | 18.9 | 92.6 | 94.3(r) | 1.7 | 95.3 | 98.2(r) | 2.9 |
| Mid Suffolk District | 50.2 | 67.5(r) | 17.3 | 94.4 | 95.7(r) | 1.3 | 97.4 | 98.2(r) | 0.8 |
| North Hertfordshire District | 51 | 68.2(r) | 17.2 | 92.2 | 95.2(r) | 3.0 | 95.4 | 98.8(r) | 3.4 |
| North Norfolk District | 48.4 | 53(r) | 4.6 | 90.6 | 93.1(r) | 2.5 | 94.8 | 98.9(r) | 4.1 |
| Norwich District | 35.4 | 51.2(r) | 15.8 | 81.5 | 81.6(r) | 0.1 | 90.5 | 93.9(r) | 3.4 |
| Peterborough District | 39.1 | 56.3(r) | 17.2 | 86.2 | 87.6(r) | 1.4 | 92 | 96.7(r) | 4.7 |
| Rochford District | 51.3 | 78.7(r) | 27.4 | 93.1 | 94.7(r) | 1.6 | 97.1 | 98.9(r) | 1.8 |
| South Bedfordshire District | 47.1 | 53.4(r) | 6.3 | 90.2 | 89.8(r) | -0.4 | 93.4 | 97.3(r) | 3.9 |
| South Cambridgeshire District | 60 | 72.7(r) | 12.7 | 93.9 | 96.8(r) | 2.9 | 97.2 | 99.3(r) | 2.1 |
| South Norfolk District | 59.2 | 64.4(r) | 5.2 | 93.8 | 97.6(r) | 3.8 | 97.4 | 99.5(r) | 2.1 |
| Southend-on-Sea District | 48.3 | 66.1(r) | 17.8 | 85.2 | 91.2(r) | 6.0 | 91 | 97.3(r) | 6.3 |
| St Albans District | 62.9 | 72.9(r) | 10.0 | 93.8 | 94.7(r) | 0.9 | 97.5 | 99(r) | 1.5 |
| St. Edmundsbury District | 50.5 | 67.8(r) | 17.3 | 91.3 | 92.8(r) | 1.5 | 93.4 | 98.7(r) | 5.3 |
| Stevenage District | 38.7 | 54.9(r) | 16.2 | 87.8 | 89.6(r) | 1.8 | 92 | 97.8(r) | 5.8 |
| Suffolk Coastal District | 52.6 | 64.3(r) | 11.7 | 94.3 | 96.1(r) | 1.8 | 97.4 | 98.9(r) | 1.5 |
| Tendring District | 38.5 | 48.8(r) | 10.3 | 85.1 | 86(r) | 0.9 | 91.6 | 95.4(r) | 3.8 |
| Three Rivers District | 60.8 | 82.7(r) | 21.9 | 94.7 | 94.9(r) | 0.2 | 97 | 98.7(r) | 1.7 |
| Thurrock District | 29.9 | 60.6(r) | 30.7 | 83.8 | 89.7(r) | 5.9 | 88.4 | 97.4(r) | 9.0 |
| Uttlesford District | 52.8 | 67.8(r) | 15.0 | 94.4 | 95.1(r) | 0.7 | 96.7 | 98.4(r) | 1.7 |
| Watford District | 58.1 | 67.8(r) | 9.7 | 89.2 | 94.3(r) | 5.1 | 91.5 | 98.1(r) | 6.6 |
| Waveney District | 42.8 | 54.6(r) | 11.8 | 91.2 | 89.6(r) | -1.6 | 94.6 | 97.3(r) | 2.7 |
| Welwyn Hatfield District | 45.3 | 54(r) | 8.7 | 88.9 | 91.5(r) | 2.6 | 92.4 | 97.9(r) | 5.5 |
| East of England Region | 45.8 | 61.2(r) | 15.4 | 89.7 | 92.3(r) | 2.6 | 94.3 | 97.9(r) | 3.6 |
| England | 45.1 | 62.0(r) | 16.9 | 86.4 | 91.7(r) | 5.3 | 92.3 | 98.9(r) | 6.6 |
From 2005 includes GCSEs and other equivalent qualifications approved for use pre-16.
1997 figures are for pupils aged 15.
From 2006 figures are for pupils at the end of Key Stage 4.
National Indicator 78: Reduction in the number of schools where fewer than 30% of pupils achieve 5 or more A* - C grades at GCSE and equivalent including GCSEs in English and Maths
| 2004/05 | 2006/07 | |||
| Total number of schools | Schools <30% | Total number of schools | Schools <30% | |
| East of England Region | 337 | 77 | 329 | 48 |
| England | 3,091 | 912 | 3,045 | 631 |
National Indicator 84: Percentage of pupils achieving of 2 or more A* - C grades in Science GCSEs or equivalent
| 2005/06 | 2006/07 | % points difference | |
| East of England Region | 47.4 | 48 | 0.6 |
| England | 45.5 | 46.2 | 0.7 |
National Indicator 97: Percentage of pupils making 2 levels of progress in English between Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4
| 2005 | 2007 | % points difference | |
| East of England Region | 56.4 | 56.2 | -0.2 |
| England | 54 | 55.5 | 1.5 |
National Indicator 98: Percentage of pupils progressing by 2 levels in Maths between Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4
| 2005 | 2007 | % points difference | |
| East of England Region | 25.7 | 28.6 | 2.9 |
| England | 25.6 | 27.9 | 2.3 |
National Summary
Revised figures for 2007 show that in maintained schools 62.0 per cent of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 achieved 5 or more GCSE and equivalents at grades A*-C up from 45.1 per cent of 15 year olds in 1997. Revised figures for 2007 show that 91.7 per cent of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 achieved 5 or more GCSE and equivalents at grades A*-G up from 87.0 per cent of 15 year olds in 1997.
In 2006/07 the number of schools where fewer than 30% of pupils achieve 5 or more A* - C grades at GCSE and equivalent including GCSEs in English and Maths was 631, down from 912 in 2004/05.
In 2006/07 the percentage of pupils achieving of 2 or more A* - C grades in Science GCSEs or equivalent was 46.2 per cent up from 45.5 per cent in 2005/06.
In 2007 55.5 per cent of pupils progressed by 2 levels in English between Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. This is up from 54 per cent in 2005.
In 2007 27.9 per cent of pupils progressed by 2 levels in Mathematics between Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. This is up from 25.6 per cent in 2005.
